When: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 16.

Where: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Route 28.

Tickets: $25, $22 for seniors, $20 for members (premium tables with wine are available).

Reservations: ArtsOnTheCape.org or 508-428-0669.

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Ruth Condon says she has been singing Burt Bacharach songs all of her life, and admits that she was doing that while at Sandwich High School “when it wasn't cool.”

So producing a musical revue as a tribute to the composer of songs made famous by singers that include Dionne Warwick, Karen Carpenter and Dusty Springfield fulfills a lifelong dream for her, according to a press release.

Her “What the World Needs Now – A Musical Tribute to Burt Bacharach” show features Condon, who has been performing for more than 40 years, and five other well-known local singers: Sarah Swain of Sarah Swain & the Oh Boys; jazz singer Cerise Bynoe; Emily Wade Adams, former frontwoman for the Cosmo Alleycats, a retro R&B and swing jazz band, and a stage performer; Anthony Teixeira, a regular in stage musicals at the center; and Tom Tracy, a singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist who has been performing throughout the United States and Canada since 1973.

Condon hand-picked her vocalists, and says in an email that she had to persuade rocker Swain that she had the right vocal quality for Bacharach's music. Adams and Bynoe, Condon says, “didn't even know who he was, really, and are loving his music!”

But anyone who has hummed tunes like “Walk On By” and “Alfie” might be surprised at how complicated Condon says Bacharach's music can be. She appreciates the difficulties of the harmonies, varied time signatures and range required.

“They are very challenging for vocalists,” she says in the release. “'Anyone Who Had a Heart' has a range of over two octaves and crazy time signatures and Cerise Bynoe is going to bring the house down with her soulful version.”

Bacharach has written 73 Top 40 hits, and won six Grammy Awards and three Academy Awards. The composer is now writing a Broadway musical with Elvis Costello based on their 1990s album “Painted by Memory.”

The Cotuit show will feature 29 songs written between 1958 and 1995, including “Wishin' and Hopin,'” “Heartlight” and “This House is Empty Now” (which was a collaboration with Costello). Condon chose the program after listening to hundreds of songs and arrangements from Bacharach collaborations, and tailoring the music to the talents of her performers.

Condon and husband, Tad Price, the guitarist in the show's band, wrote their own vocal arrangements, “transcribing and creating everything,” Condon says in the release, for solos with backup singers, duets, ensemble pieces and “a few surprises.” The multimedia Bacharach tribute will also include anecdotes and video, choreography by Pam Sills and 1960s costumes.

The band includes leader/pianist Mike Garvan; George Machon on trumpet, flute, fluglehorn and percussion; Steve Silverstein on drums; Price on electric and nylon-string guitar; and Ron Ormsby on upright and electric bass. Among the singers, Tracy will also play harmonica and Swain will play ukulele and guitar.